Choral Exhibitioners

INFORMATION FOR POTENTIAL CHORAL EXHIBITIONERS

CHORAL EXHIBITIONS (SELWYN STUDENTS)

Choral Exhibitioners are appointed by the College Council for three years, through the
Inter-Collegiate Awards Scheme, and are expected to give a full commitment to the choir. They are also encouraged to participate in music in the college in general (many Choral Exhibitioners are on the committee of the College Music Society, for example). All Selwyn and Newnham academic offer-holders will be invited to apply for a choral award. The deadline for applying is 15 February 2018, and auditions for offer-holders will take place after the end of the Lent Term (March 2018).Further information on applying and an onlie application form are available from the University Undergraduate Admissions Prospectus. As well as a financial stipend (currently £100 per year, as is the case for all of the Colleges in Cambridge), all Choral Exhibitioners are given a substantial subsidy towards singing lessons which can be taken with any of the University's fine visiting teachers. Most Selwyn choir members study with Anita Morrison or Paul Badley, who teach in the college music room. Various other teachers visit Cambridge regularly, and choir members may study with them if they wish. The subsidy for lessons may also be used towards instrumental and Alexander Technique lessons. Choral Exhibitioners reading Music will be given a piano in their room, and an increased subsidy to allow for lessons on more than one instrument.

CHORAL EXHIBITIONS (NEWNHAM STUDENTS)

Newnham College Choral Exhibitions are held in Selwyn College Chapel Choir. The Colleges share the Chapel and the Chaplain, and there is a long tradition of Newnham women singing in Selwyn Chapel Choir. There are also places in the choir for Newnham volunteers. Newnham offers up to two Choral Awards per year, and each Award is tenable for three years. The Award is equivalent in financial value to that at Selwyn, in both stipend and lesson allowance (see above). The application procedure is the same as for Selwyn students, and when space permits, auditions for Newnham students already in residence are held during the first week of the Michaelmas Term, and awards are made by the College Council on the recommendation of the Director of Music at Selwyn. Newnham Choral Exhibitioners are expected to play a leading role in music-making at Newnham as well.

WHERE NEXT FOR CHORAL AND ORGAN SCHOLARS

Alumni Choral and Organ Scholars have gone on to various careers, both musical and non-musical. Former members of the choir include singers in Stile Antico, Exaudi, the Holst Singers, as well as lay-clerks and assitant organists in many cathedral choirs, including the first ever women layclerks at Peterborough and Derby Cathedrals. Others are instrumentalists, chamber and orchestral players, conductors, and well-known BBC presenters. Even those who do not pursue music as a career continue to sing in serious choirs, inspired by their experience as members of Selwyn choir.